The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 3, 2056
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
9:10 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.38° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.27° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.